People are pissed that the statement effectively reads "please we're working on the next part of FFXIV please look forward to it".
That next part being 8.0, but as people are pointing out what about the immediate term? What about 7.3 .4 and .5 that's still another 1year and a half at least of wait time until 8.0.
We already waited through 6.x content drought for the hope that Dawntrail was going to be a banger and it just wasn't, it absolutely wasn't worth the wait so people are not going to do that again in the 'hope' that 8.0 will be better.
Do something NOW not years later.

People are pissed that the statement effectively reads "please we're working on the next part of FFXIV please look forward to it".
That next part being 8.0, but as people are pointing out what about the immediate term? What about 7.3 .4 and .5 that's still another 1year and a half at least of wait time until 8.0.
We already waited through 6.x content drought for the hope that Dawntrail was going to be a banger and it just wasn't, it absolutely wasn't worth the wait so people are not going to do that again in the 'hope' that 8.0 will be better.
Do something NOW not years later.